Days after Juneteenth was made a national holiday, communities across the US are coming together to celebrate 19 June 1865, the day when news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston, Texas, freeing slaves in the final Confederate state to have abolition.
Events in Atlanta scheduled for Saturday include a march beginning across from Ebenezer Baptist church, where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr preached and led demonstrations for social and economic justice, equality in access to public services, and voting rights, according to reports.
Atlanta and surrounding areas have been commemorating Juneteenth for years. Richard Rose, president of Atlanta’s NAACP chapter, said that Thursday’s declaration that Juneteenth is a federal
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